Archives for
January 2010

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is set to reveal his own rival to the Apple Tablet, according to The New York Times Bits Blog. We first learned about a Microsoft tablet device in September. We believe tomorrow's announcement will be about the same device...

This post is part of Mashable's Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Na...

Just like its older brother Kindle, Amazon's larger, magazine-format-friendly e-reader Kindle DX is now available internationally in more than 100 countries. The deal is pretty much the same as with the Kindle; it connects to the net via Global Wirel...

Looking at YouTube's most-viewed videos of all time today reveals an odd intruder. A four-minute music video named "Twista ft. Do Or Die-do you" tops the list with 79,441,058,538 views. The number is obviously fake, but YouTube positions it at the to...

If you're an iPhone owner, you probably don't want to hear about Flash. Full support for Adobe's rich media technology has been promised for the iPhone many times, but it's still not there yet. However, if you plan on getting the Nexus One, you'll be...

French company Parrot is debuting something unbelievably cool at CES 2010: a quadricopter that can be controlled by an iPhone or iPod touch! Called the AR.Drone, the copter boasts not only Wi-Fi (that's how your iPhone can control it) but two cameras...

Since the web first heard about Google's Nexus One smartphone — sorry, "superphone" — reactions have been mixed. Some folks expected it to be a huge leap forward in the Android user experience. Others? Not so much. Now that we know what Google and HT...

In October, social networking service Cliqset entered public beta. Three months later, the site has received a facelift with some subtle UI improvements, added the ability to share certain file types with friends and added new tools for organizing re...

The humor blog People of Walmart may not have a book deal (at least as far as know, if someone has info otherwise, please let us know), but it does have its very own rap song. The song, penned by Denver rapper JDirty, is basically a musical version o...

Today DivX and LG Electronics are announcing a strategic alliance to bring the new DivX TV Internet TV platform to the next generation of LG's Blu-ray players and home theater systems. Internet TV is a hot trend at CES 2010, with tons of manufacturer...

We've been eager to get our hands on the social media-center-software-turned-hardware Boxee Box since it was announced back in November. The fact that it was shaping up to also be cute as a button certainly played a part. We had a chance to go hands-...

Mozilla's latest update to the Firefox web browser (3.5.7) is here, and it mainly prepares users for future updates. It seems that people who don't run Firefox day in and day out didn't notice the opportunity to jump from 3.0 to 3.5, because the brow...

Dave Borgenicht is the co-author of the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, which has spawned numerous sequels, games, t-shirts, a TV show and more. For more tips, check out the official blog or follow the Worst-Case Twitter feed @Wor...

You have plenty of options when it comes to using Twitter on your iPhone. But Echofon just made a big move for your attention by releasing version 3.0. The naan studio blog details the changes, and they are many. There's a dedicated tab for Twitter L...

This morning AT&T let fly the news that it will be the exclusive carrier for Dell's first smartphone foray in the U.S. The handset will be the Mini 3, a device Dell has been selling only in Brazil and China since late last year. Release date, pricing...

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata talked to a Japanese newspaper called Asahi Shimbuni (the link is in Japanese) and revealed a few details about the successor to the Nintendo DS. Iwata said the DS2 (that's what we'll call it for now) will have motion-...

We snagged some live footage of the AR.Drone in action and had a chance to chat with Parrot about this sweet little iPhone-powered drone. The remote-controlled helicopter represents the company's first foray into video gaming, as Parrot previously fo...

Now that the official word is out about the Google Nexus One, gauntlets have been thrown from an unexpected source: the Philip K. Dick estate. With the name of the device, Google is clearly giving a nod to Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric S...

The web is abuzz with news of a leaked script from Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which is scheduled to land in theaters in June 2010. However, before you get too excited about the script (which probably won't be too different fro...

Today is sad day for Netflix customers. The online video rental supplier has just announced an agreement with Warner Bros. that will forever alter your online rental experience. Now should you wish to rent a Warner Bros. flick you'll have to wait out...

Josh Jones-Dilworth is the Founder and CEO of Jones-Dilworth, Inc. a PR consultancy focused on bringing early-stage technologies to market. He blogs at joshdilworth.com Outliers like Factual, WolframAlpha, Daytum, FlowingData, and InfoChimps have pro...

Enter Yale students Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider, a singer/guitar player duo who've done the almost impossible: achieved repeat viral hits on YouTube. The allure of YouTube is the potential for instant recognition and the promise of web fame with...

"Internet jukebox" Songza has finally returned us to those glorious days when the dude we dug made us a mixtape. How? With the launch of Songza Sets, a free streaming radio service that offers up an array of setlists created by a team of real-life hu...

Up until now, the Facebook iPhone app had everything but push notifications. The launch of version 3.1, however, remedies that ill. The other 3.1 biggie is the ability to sync your Facebook friends with your phone's address book contacts -- photos an...

Pandora and Pioneer — manufacturer of car audio systems — are partnering to bring Internet radio to your car. The joint announcement -- which was made today at CES -- means that come March, you can purchase Pioneer-powered devices to stream Pandora r...

Qualcomm's CEO Paul Jacobs has openly expressed interest in inserting a Qualcomm chip into Apple's popular iPhone. New rumors reported by TheStreet.com indicate that Qualcomm's endeavors were successful: A Qualcomm chip will power a new version of th...

In case 720p wasn't enough for your gorgeous, transcendent works of motion picture art, Vimeo will begin hosting 1080p videos by the end of this month. Unfortunately, that means you'll have to be a Plus member not just to upload these files but to vi...

We're at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where Sony has just revealed a pocket device for surfing the web. It's called Dash. In a statement, Sony says: "The dash device accesses a wireless home network and continuously updates information...

How does Google let tens of millions of people know about new products without spending a dime in advertising? Increasingly, the answer is by placing small ads on the Google homepage. That’s the case again today, as Google’s homepage features a text ...

HootSuite, the popular Twitter app geared toward businesses and power users, has just issued yet another update to their web-based client, featuring the ability to post to the WordPress.com blogging platform, URL and content previews, and trending to...

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